Tray or the like



April 17, 1928.

F. A. PURCHAS TRAY on THE LIKE Filed May 5, 1925 anmutoz %-1Me PM Patented Apr. 17, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT 0F 1,666,668 FICE.

FREDERICK AUGUSTUS PURCHAS, OF MoGRAW, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR T0 ONEIDA COMMUNITY, LIMITED, OFONEIDA, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

TRAY on THE LIKE.

Application filed May 5,

This invention relates to improvements in trays or the like.

tion during display and transit, articles of other materialsilver or silver-plate or which the tray is to carry shipment or display.

In the accompanying drawings- Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a tray embodying the improvements of the present invention in their preferred form, the tray being shown as carrying spoons in position. for display;

Fig. 2 is a. longitudinal section thereof on the line 22 of Fig. 1; I

Fig. 3 is a transverse section thereof on the line 3-3 of: Fig. 1, the spoons, however, being shown in position for shipment,

Figs. 4 and 5 areedge views of twoform's oi": retainer for receiving and holding the or contain for spoons or other articles which the tray is to carry and display.

Referring to Figs. 13, A represents the bottom of the tray, B its side border se-c-' tions, C its end border sections, and D an easel portion which may be secured to the tray, if desired;

In the construction shown in these fig.- ures the bottom A and side and end border sections B, C, are formed from a single blank of cardboard or other suitable material. The border sections may have a paper covering P. r

A retainer E or E (Figs. 4, 5) is provided tor the articles to be carried and displayed on the tray, consistingot a strip of spring metal connected at its opposite ends with the tray as by having its ends enter openings 0 provided in the side border sections B.

The strip E of Figures 3 and 4 is bent at suitable intervals to provide recesses e on its under side and smaller recesses e on its upper side. Each of the lower recesses e is ot a width suitable for the reception of a package of spoons or other articles (as shown in Fig. 3) while each of the upper recesses e is of a width suit-able for receiving the spoons (when unpacked) and displaying them in the tray (as shown in Fig. 1). The strip E is bowed or bent downwardly, as shown in Fig.4, and the walls of each re- 1925. Serial No. 28,065.

cess e are so spaced that in this position they will grip the articles in the recess and thus hold them securely in proper posit-ion for display. To release the articles from this gripping engagement so that they may be readily removed from the recess all that it is necessary to do is-to bend the spring E at its centre andthereby spread the walls of the recesses apart. f

yThe retainer E of Fig. 5 differs from that of Figure 4 in that it is bowed or bentupwardly. In its normal or upwardly bowed position the walls of its recesses e are spread apart and the articles carried in the recesses are therefore loose and may readily be removed, but when pressure is applied to the spring E, asby the application of a cover when the tray is stored or shipped, it is depressed and the walls of the recesses e grip the articles and resist their movementt-herein.

hatis claimed is:

1. The combination with a receptacle, of a resilient article-retaining strip therein and bendable to and from the bottom thereof, said strip being provided with recesses on its under side for retaining the articles in packaged condition for shipment and with recesses on its upper side for retaining and displaying the same articles in unpackaged condition, said strip being normally bowed in one direction relatively to the bottom of the receptacle and having the walls of its upper recesses so spaced that in one position of the strip they will grip and in the other position thereof release the articles therein.

2. The combination with a receptacle, ot' a resilient article-retaining strip therein and bendable to and from the bottom thereof, said strip being provided with recesses on its under side for retaining the articles in packaged condition for shipment and with recesses on its upper side for retaining and displaying the same articles in unpackaged condition, said strip being normally bowed toward the bottom of the receptacle and the walls of its upper recesses so spaced that in that position of the strip they will grip and in the other position thereof release the articles therein.

In testimony whereof, I havehereunto set my hand.

FREDERICK AUGUSTUS PURCHAS. 

